Jean-Baptiste Hostache

(b. 1981, France)

Tenzing

Jean-Baptiste Hostache is a Paris-based comic artist, animator and freelance visual developer. Born in Rouen, he began his career working for animation studios like Neomis, Xilam and SIP in 2005. His first comic was the cyberpunk series 'Clockwerx', that he made in cooperation with writers Jason Henderson and Tony Salvaggio for Les Humanoïdes Associés in 2008 and 2009. He worked with fellow artist Didier Poli on the artwork of his next series, 'Neige Fondation' (written by Didier Convard and Éric Adam, 2010-2012) and 'Les Seigneurs de Guerre' (written by Guillaume Dorison since 2012) that were both published by Glénat. Glénat additionally published the one-shot about the mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, that Hostache made with Christian Clot in 2013. Jean-Baptiste Hostache has also drawn a book in the Jungle series 'Vie de Merde' in 2013.